Hana no Nihongo

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Today let’s learn this kanji 卵

今回は『卵』。

卵 - たまご egg 🥚

卵子 - らんし egg cell, ovum

卵形 - らんけい egg-shape(d)

乾燥卵 - かんそうらん dried eggs, dehydrated egg

※ 玉子 - たまご egg (fried/cooked) 🍳

P.S. Did you know that the word Tamagotchi たまごっち (one of the cult toys of the 1990s) is a portmanteau of words たまご and ウオッチ (watch)?

🥚 +⌚ = ❓

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Japanese proverb 諺:

卵と誓いは砕けやすい - たまごとちかいはくだけやすい  Talk is cheap. / Actions speak louder than words.

(lit. Eggs and vows are easily broken.)

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